2021's Oscar Nominees

this was worse than it looked

VIA JAPANESE TELEVISION: The uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock pic.twitter.com/j0Z184ZyXa

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 28, 2022

I recall when Sasha BC fell on Eminem that one time at the MTV awards it looked plenty real. Turned out not to be. Tbf this looked much more real but.. weird gags aren’t unheard of at these things.

KIng Richard is basically the same shit as CODA, but at least CODA isn't a hagiography that expects the audience to applaud every reckless and irresponsible decision its hero makes on behalf of his family, secure in the knowledge that it all works out in the end.

― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Sunday,

It's worse. We applaud the horror show dad but the movie's already on a slab.

Wow, weird moment

this isn't the first time chris rock has taken shots and jada and i think the joke was bad and in poor taste but that was quite an escalation

Wow.

Costner’s Best Director preamble was longer than How the West Was Won.

Nice to hear people heckling will during his speech. What a dink.

Anyway, congratulations to Hans Zimmer!

's ghostwriters

:/

The people who hated last years show sure got what they wanted this year - an extremely long nonsensical show that was somehow both boring and a chaotic trainwreck

lol i thought ABC was mandating a 3-hour show this year

this was kind of a disaster. they cut out 8 awards and still ended up with a 3h45m show. 3 hosts and every celebrity ever as presenters, why did they think that would work?

Honestly even with the Will Smith bit, the Liza bit might actually have been the lowest point for me. Hearing her moan “I don’t understand” while shuffling her notecards obviously stressed, upset, and panicking was heartbreaking and excruciating to watch, appallingly poor taste imho.

Yeah, reminded me a bit of Kirk Douglas' final appearance. I understand why they want to pay tribute to living legends, but live TV is a tough setting.

utterly dreading the next week of think pieces on this slap, race, masculinity, cancel culture, comedy... think I'll have to pay more attention to war news, it's less draining.

that was a weird dose of REAL into a hollywood show, holy shit

Hilarious to me that with the multiple somber references to "all the violence going on in the world today", the only references to the actual unhinged violence that took place were a couple winking little 'aint he a stinker' headpats. "We cannot allow a madman to perpetrate acts of irrational aggression and be allowed to get away with it just because he's wealthy and powerful, therefore the world turns a blind eye. And also, congratulations to my friend Will for his radical act of love tonight."

Dying at this photo from the Vanity Fair #Oscars viewing party…. pic.twitter.com/YAvcr2KN6O

— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 28, 2022

I don't know kind of seems like Will Smith isn't actually doing okay and neither is anyone else really so maybe this is capturing the national mood

— Molly Lambert 🦔 (@mollylambert) March 28, 2022

The we are not okay/Trump normalized it! takes are worse than the (very funny) slap.

Gotta think that Questlove must be really stoked right now that the Oscar win for his inspirational film about reclaiming positive images of black identity is now forever linked with a live TV kindergarten slap fight

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FO58BNeVUAE0fw0?format=jpg

Perspective, people:

Let me tell you something, it’s a very bad practice to walk up on stage and physically assault a Comedian.
Now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters.

— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) March 28, 2022

a tale as old as time.... pic.twitter.com/OX0lsfU7nX

— matt🦆 (@MattDuckEmoji) March 28, 2022

Is this tosser drunk or what?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FO6KGCEXwAQhCF0?format=jpg

Maybe that was Will Smith’s homage to William Hurt

— Jason Narducy (@SplitSingleband) March 28, 2022

seeing the uncensored Japanese footage - props to Chris Rock's ability to recover/"professionalism" whatever, how do you not just stand there dumbfounded and confused for five minutes

number of people that beat the shit out of seth macfarlane during his oscar hosting still sits at a comfortable zero.

Still, what a shitty thing to joke about though.

Obviously what Fresh Prince did is inexcusable but it's pretty lame how every celebrity event has turned into a roast.

this didn't appear to be staged, it wasn't a hard hit, but it was inexcusable and if Smith wins an award later they should frankly withhold it. Will Smith and his wife are fucking nutsos

― akm, Monday, 28 March 2022 bookmarkflaglink

Come on this was funny.

That's why he got sent to Bel-Air in the first place. Shit like that.

— Zito (@_Zeets) March 28, 2022

The will smith slap is one of those moments where it’s an absolute tragedy we no longer get to see trump’s posts

— David Sitrick (@davidsitrick) March 28, 2022

The only hot take needed on the Oscars pic.twitter.com/6PAX7kXLUa

— Precious Adesina (@precadesina) March 28, 2022

^Yeah, that’s a good take, though my favorite take was “thanks, Will Smith, for initiating two weeks of think pieces about that slap”

Chris Rock, what's on your iPod?

William, It Was Really Nothing

So, is CODA any good? One of my best friends is the only hearing person in her family and I was tetchy about seeing the movie because nothing could compare to my friend’s own anecdotes

it’s hard for me to say it sucks hard bc it is barely anything at all. the choir teacher scenes are unendurable tho

I thought it was entirely without any artistic merit, but I'm kind of insufferable that way.

xp agree with BN that the choir teacher is probably the worst cliche in a movie filled with them

It’s pleasant, watchable, and entirely unmemorable.

With Will Smith's #Oscars win last night, he now becomes the 17th actor from the 74th Oscar acting class to win an Oscar.

2001 has the highest winning percentage in at least the last 30 years.

Only three nominees remain Oscarless: Tom Wilkinson, Ethan Hawke, & Ian McKellen. pic.twitter.com/AtfuTahB5v

— Nicol 🌸 (@nikowl) March 28, 2022

Oof, remembering what Sean Penn was nominated for that year...

Hawke’s time will come

the performances from the deaf actors elevate it more than it probably deserves to be elevated. i liked richard brody's take on it (tho i liked the movie more than him) where the characters in the film overcome obstacles so easily that it makes you think of how much harder existence can be for disabled people in the real world

xp, that's interesting, i think 2001 is probably the first year i was aware of the oscars happening. i think i can credit/blame that to my entertainment weekly subscription and the involvement of the lord of the rings.

This is why we say “the Scottish play”.

— steven pasquale (@StevePasquale) March 28, 2022

17th actor from the 74th Oscar acting class

Sorry, I'm terrible with numbers and even worse with awards shows. What's this mean?

i think it refers to everyone who was nominated in every acting category in that year's oscars, 5 each from 4 categories